I understand, yet don't at the same time. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, December 11, 2017, 16:58 (2618 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Is there anything in Destiny 2 specifically that you think would capture that for you? Or examples of times in games that achieve that?

There are loads of things I can cote for me personally that make the world feel alive wihout me. So I hold personal curiosity for what things will or won’t do the same for other people. If you don’t mind humoring me further.

Sure.

I remember the first time I played Deus Ex. You could do a huge number of things, and in talking to people they'd reveal things about themselves, other characters, and the world. The whole thing was way bigger an deeper than you'd think. You might talk to a bartender, and he'd ask you to steal drugs from the place down the street in exchange for cash. If you sneak in and look, you find the drugs hidden away, and there's a mini story about who has them and why. There are no waypoints or indicators anywhere - the world is simply there, and it's on you to explore.

There's the market in Uncharted 4. Literally hundreds of NPCs animated going about their business as you step on through. This feels like a real place.

Halo felt real as you run through the PoA and Marines are running, screaming, and dying as the covenant attack. Some of these Marines accompany you through several missions. There are other characters in this world that inhabit it too.

Destiny doesn't really do any of this stuff to the degree it should.